Cold War

Peter d'Errico

Imbalance of Terror: The Boston Bombings and Other Mindless Acts

The Cold War was described as a "balance of terror" maintained by the opposing nuclear arsenals of the United States and the Soviet Union....

May 10, 2013

Steve Russell

Losing the War on Terror

The terrorists beat us on 9/11 in that they changed our lives for the worse. I am reminded of President Bush's asinine remark, "They hate us for our freedom." I used to joke about the corollary to that. If our own government took away our freedom, would "they" still hate us?...

August 08, 2012

Protests Against Indefinite-Detention Law Roll in From Across Nation

Gale Courey Toensing

March 26, 2012

Mongi Dhaouadi, the executive director of the Council on American-Islamic Relations , Connecticut Chapter, hosted the meeting, which he organized with activist Chris Gauvreau...

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